Whitewright Tigers Face Gaston For Regional Title
The Whitewright High School Tigers travel to Mineola Friday at 7 30 for a regional playoff against Gaston Red Devils in a game that will decide the regional championship. Whitewright beat Jefferson 19 19 in a penetra tion tie to reach this round while Gaston upset Hawkins 27 0. The Tigers, averaging 154 pounds to Gaston’s 159, rely on roving backs and a strong line as they chase a spot in the state playoffs.
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Whitewright Tigers
Gaston Red Devils
Mineola
Whitewright
Jefferson
Gaston
Hawkins
Tigers
Tiger
Bulldogs
Jefferson Bulldogs
Greenville Stadium
Reed
Brooks
Hughes
Bennett
Parnell
Smith
Sonny Smith
Beautiful
Brown
Pete Burchfield
Red Devils
Quirky Laughs and Local Tales From a Small Town
Humorous vignettes unfold in a tight community, featuring clashes with a snobbish actor, deer hunters misbehaving at lunch, a traffic judge scam and a bank prank. Local quips about pests, crops and farm life ride alongside oddball questions about sleep debt and Cape of Good Hope.
Wanda Jennings Visits Hamburg for Hamburgers Lesson
In Hamburg Germany Wanda Jennings known as Mrs America 1954 arrives to teach residents nicknamed Hamburgers how to make hamburgers. The event comes with a government announcement as locals boast they have not had hamburgers before but do possess a cookie called Americans and a new 75000 watt light bulb brighter than Edison’s lamp.
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Hamburg
Germany
Wanda Jennings
America
Birthday Party Joke and Garden TroubleReported
A chorus girl recalls her birthday party with seventeen candles on the cake. A reader recounts pest and poison troubles in the garden raising concerns about egg safety. Two policemen arrive after a night of drinking, prompting a light, joking exchange.
Truck driver Rescues Weathered Woman On Highway
A truck driver picks up an elderly woman by the highway, noting she looked cold and hungry. He asks her destination, and she responds with a grateful blessing, revealing she had been headed the opposite direction.
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Whitewright High School
Zane Grey
Will James
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Frank Owen
Albert Payson Terhune
Jack London
Jack O'Brien
Richard Halliburton
Philip Harkins
Russ Hodges
Emerson Hough
Tom Meany
Stanley Poshko
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Don Samson
Mark Twain
Helen Keller
George Crabb
Eric Partridge
Alfred P. Morgan
George Session Perry
Robert Selph Henry
Edyth McLeod
Phillis Fraser
Edith Yound
Marie I. Moore
Gordon Parks
Marcel M. Swartz
B. B
Mr. Barrymore
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Signs of the Times
Cape of Good Hope
Johnny
Florida
Stephens & Bryant Insurance — Real Estate
Chevrolet
Gines
Hasty Chevrolet Company
Stewright
Texas
Tion
Shackle
Froster
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